Soul of the Golden State

Chapter 751
Austin looked trembling and walked onto the court. O'Neal, who was waiting for a free throw, saw that the Warriors had replaced a guy he didn't know, so he whispered beside his teammate Antonio Davis: "Hey, Anthony, Who is this guy?"

Davis, who has been in the Warriors for 4 years, is naturally familiar with his former teammates. He also wondered about the Warriors' substitutions, but he patiently explained to O'Neal: "Austin, the defensive ability should not be as good as PJ Brown's." , I don't know why Nellie sent him up."

"Oh, that's it, that's okay, no matter who is sent, they are all cannon fodder!" O'Neill curled his lips and returned to the free throw line.

O'Neal dawdled at the free throw line for a long time. Although the preparation time was much shorter than that of Antetokounmpo, for others, this preparation work has been quite a long time.

Finally, O'Neal threw the ball with his arms crossed, the basketball hit the basket and bounced out, and the rebound was captured by Rodman who jumped out.

Since joining the league three years ago, although O'Neal's scoring has increased, his free throw percentage has steadily declined, and this season's percentage is just over [-]%.

No one cares about the missed penalty. After all, the biggest purpose of this foul is to get Divac off the field.

Now the Warriors' offense, Divac is a very important offensive starting point. His absence on the court has a great impact on the Warriors' offense, making the Warriors' offensive space flat, lacking in depth, and easy to be targeted.

However, after all, the Warriors have Li Weisi as the pinnacle of the sea. Even without Divac, the Warriors still have a way to score, but it is more difficult.

With Li Weisi's throw after the pick-and-roll, the Warriors scored two more points. At 16:14, the Warriors were only 2 points behind. In terms of scores, the difference between the two teams is not much.

However, the real trouble for the Warriors is in the defense, unable to solve O'Neal's point, which makes the Warriors' defense impossible to talk about.

Sure enough, when it was the Magic's turn to attack, "Penny" Hardaway easily passed the ball to O'Neal, who was being strictly guarded.

This Hardaway, who is known as "Jordan's successor", is actually not like Jordan's style of play. Although he plays very elegantly, he relies more on technology and golf quotient. He is 201cm tall, but he is the actual point guard of the team. , wide field of view, fast ball, non-stick, not alone.

Therefore, Hardaway's pass to O'Neal was accurate and comfortable. The most important thing was that the timing was just right, so that other Warriors players could not help defend, and Austin could only defend O'Neal alone.

With so many preparations already in place, O'Neal will certainly not be polite. Although Austin behind him defends very seriously, it is completely worthless to him.

So, O'Neal made a few simple tests, and immediately turned around, wanting to push Austin away and turn around to hook. The reason why he didn't choose to dunk was because he felt that Austin was weaker than Brown. Physical strength, it is better to keep this weak chicken on the field.

However, just when he had finished turning around and was about to hook, Austin hit him hard on the arm. The clear voice of "pia~" was heard clearly by the reporters on the sidelines.

O'Neill's entire right hand was numb due to this severe injury, and the ball naturally flew out of the baseline uncontrollably.

O'Neill was naturally a little angry at seeing such a vicious hand, but when he looked at Austin viciously, Austin obediently stretched out his right hand, and at the same time apologized sincerely to O'Neill: "I'm sorry! Are you okay?"

Seeing that the other party was so sensible, O'Neill naturally lost his temper, and could only say viciously: "What can I do, you don't understand how strong I am!"

With a bit of arrogance, O'Neal walked to the free throw line again.

O'Neill's free throws tonight don't seem to be very good. The first free throw was a bit short and he didn't score!

"Nice!" Seeing this scene, Nelson on the sidelines clapped his hands excitedly, attracting puzzled eyes from the people around him. Isn't this O'Neill's routine operation?What's there to get excited about?

Nelson was excited, but O'Neal adjusted his touch, and stumbled into the second free throw.

Seeing this scene, Austin was a little discouraged. He looked at Nelson, but Nelson encouraged him: "Good job, let's do it!"

As a result, Austin had no objections. Since the coach agreed, he could only continue to do this, but deep down, he still felt that doing so was really humble...sly...smart.

Only two rounds later, it was the Magic's turn to attack again. Because Hardaway missed a jumper in the previous round, Li Weisi hit a chasing three-pointer in the Warriors' counterattack, tying the score.

Therefore, this time, the Magic gave the ball to the safest O'Neal again, wanting to score through O'Neal inside to continue to maintain the lead for the team.

Once again singles O'Neal, this time O'Neal's position is very deep, basically as long as Austin is knocked into the air, he can dunk with both hands.

However, when O'Neal turned around again, "pia!" There was another crisp sound, and Austin once again blocked O'Neal's attack with a foul.

"What am I..."

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, go to the free throw!" Austin's face was full of shame, and his attitude was very humble, which made O'Neal still confused and could only walk towards the free throw line.

Because Austin hit the same position on O'Neal's arm twice, O'Neal felt a little pain in his arm and was a little stiff when making free throws. This time he missed two free throws.

So, after Rodman protected the rebound again, the Warriors immediately launched a counterattack. In the fast break, Richmond made a layup this time. At 19:17, the Warriors completed the overtake. This is their first lead tonight .

It was the Magic's turn to attack again. This time, O'Neal was really angry. After several consecutive rounds, he failed to play a decent offense. O'Neal urgently needed to score as soon as possible to help the team return to the original rhythm.

After receiving Hardaway's pass this time, O'Neal didn't try any more, and directly chose to play hard. With his outstanding strength, after continuous head-to-head encounters, O'Neal came to his sweet spot.

Very good, I can finally dunk comfortably!
However, when O'Neal was about to start, Austin directly hugged O'Neal's arms and waist, successfully preventing O'Neal from taking off directly.

"Didi!" The referee blew the whistle again, but the whistle was extremely harsh in O'Neill's ears. He obviously caused the opponent's foul, but why didn't he feel any sense of accomplishment?

Then seeing Austin and Nelson flirting, especially Nelson stretching out his thumb to encourage Austin, O'Neill suddenly felt faintly that the other party seemed to be doing it on purpose!Intentionally fouling yourself to free throws?

Wait, is the opponent looking down on his free throw?
In an instant, a flash of lightning flashed through O'Neill's mind, making O'Neill suddenly understand the other party's intentions, but after understanding, he felt even more insulted!

(End of this chapter)